PT-2017-19194 · Apache · Apache Commons Email

Published 2017-08-07 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-9801

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apache Commons Email versions 1.0 through 1.4

Description The issue allows a caller to add arbitrary SMTP headers when a subject for an email contains line-breaks.

Recommendations For Apache Commons Email versions 1.0 through 1.4, consider validating and sanitizing email subject lines to prevent the addition of arbitrary SMTP headers until a patch is available.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-9801

GHSA-P7VM-PHXX-G722

MGASA-2017-0322

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10619-1

Affected Products

Apache Commons Email

References · 13

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10619-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-p7vm-phxx-g722 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9801 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0322.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-9801 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0322 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1039043 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9801 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/100082 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/01/7 · Note
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21435 · Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7ef903a772a2ff08605df1be819044fb15df2815eb3d63878b3fbbb5%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E · Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7ef903a772a2ff08605df1be819044fb15df2815eb3d63878b3fbbb5@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E · Note